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>> i'm larry beil from. all of us, thank you for inviting us into your homes tonight. next newscast at 6:00 p.m. you can connect at abc 7 news.com tonight on "world news," anger in t anger in the streets, and we are there for the protests. the police, the governor vowing to fight, as arizona goes back to court on its immigration immigration army on the brink. a blistering report on soldiers stressed and suicide. and a stunning mixup in grave sites at arlington. virus ins in the heat. a tropical disease in the u.s. is it global warming? n?> and want to win? takesp shooter takes on a carnival game at the state fair. good evening. arizona's immigration law is on ild. the protests are not.
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emboldened by a judge's rebuke embold of that law yesterday, hundreds of that law s opponents of the crackdown sok to the streets today. but the state's unyielding but the unyieldingtood by the law and filed an appeal. barbara pinto is in phoenix phoenix she's been there all day, in the middle of the stormy showdown. >> reporter: protesters descended on phoenix -- >> never be defeated! >> reporter: despite a judge's ruling to delay enforcement of most of the state's new crackdown on illegal immigrants. demonstrations started at dawn, hundreds of protesters, dozens of arrests, tempering flaring. tensions are running high here outside this jail, where protesters have gathered. it's become a standoff with sheriff's deputies who are trying to push their way out of the building. demonstrations were loud, disruptive, but mostly peaceful. >> joe arpaio has picked the
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easy targets, the day laborers. let's go after the real criminals and stop wasting our money. >> reporter: this afternoon, sheriff arpaio launched one of his controversial crime raids, targeting illegal immigrants. anything different today about how you'll -- >> well, we've got this other problem at the jails right now. as far as the operation, business as usual. >> reporter: starting today, it's a state crime for anyone to transport illegal immigrants. that didn't seem to stop these day laborers. they told us they're no more afraid today than they were yesterday. outside home depot, looking for work, we met rene. he's been in this country illegally for 20 years. have the police been by here this morning? >> no, no. we don't see the police. there's no police around here. >> reporter: now, police and protesters are gathered here at the capital. tonight's rally intended to send a clear signal to lawmakers and to governor brewer from those who think even a partial law is too much. diane?
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>> well, you spoke about governor brewer, what about her? she is republican, and she is taking on the protesters in the streets, and the obama administration in court. so, who is she? david muir tells us more about the governor on the front lines. >> reporter: before signing this nation's toughest immigration bill back in april, few in this country even knew her name. now, it's hard to miss. >> governor of that state, jan brewer. >> state's governor, republican jan brewer. >> today, the governor of az -- >> reporter: republican jan brewer moved from second arbitrary of state to the governor of arizona, the constitution called for it, when former governor janet napolitano left for washington. born in hollywood, california, janice kay drinkwine was raised by a single mother after her father died young. she married and moved to arizona in the early 1970s, raising three sons, active in school politics. her political career was born. >> because you've been willing to take on the entire federal government and the president of the united states. >> reporter: during a june visit to the white house, the governor said she invited the president
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to visit arizona. >> he didn't have time. i offered him lunch. he has not responded. and, you know, i still invite him. mr. president, come see it with your own eyes. >> yeah, you know what, he might actually learn something. >> reporter: the woman who once took aim at her kid's school now takes aim at washington. a once little known governor is little known no longer. david muir, abc news, new york. >> and our thanks to david. and also in politics tonight, high drama surrounding a powerful member of congress tonight. new york democrat charlie rangel, 80 years old, facing a rebuke from his colleagues on ethics. will he go to trial, or settle? jonathan karl has been watching it all on capitol hill. and jon, what more do we know about the charges tonight? >> reporter: well, diane, the committee released an extensive report that is scathing and it is detailed. it accuses rangel of, quote, a pattern of disregard for the laws of the united states, and the rules of the house. in addition to failing to pay taxes, the report says that
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rangel used his position on the powerful ways and means committee to raise money from big corporations like aig and citigroup, goldman sachs that had business before his committee. as for rangel, he says he never knowingly violated the rules of the house, but diane, if you watched him today, you can tell he understands the seriousness of these charges. >> years ago, i survived a chinese attack in north korea, and as a result, i wrote a book that, having survived that, that i hadn't had a bad day since. today, i have to reassess that statement. thank you. >> as you said, jon, you could see a lot on his face. so what do you think is next for him and for his party? >> reporter: it's already been a big embarrassment for the democrats. right now, the plan is a trial in september. right in the middle of the campaign season.
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rangel's lawyers are trying to avoid that. they're negotiating some kind of a settlement. but right now, all systems are go for a full-scale public trial before the tv cams are in september. >> jonathan karl, reporting for us tonight from capitol hill, thanks, jon. and we move to the gulf. on day 101, another sign the oil crisis may be turning a corner. abc news has learned that officials are close to reopening large fishing areas in the gulf. at the same time, gulf residents are seeing cleanup jobs disappear. bp has laid off 16,000 cleanup workers. 30,000 are still on the job. and here's jeffrey kofman. >> reporter: many of those shrimp boats that have been used for oil cleanup for the last three months could be back shrimping very soon. with the leaking well capped and less and less oil on the water, the federal government is poised to announce a major reopening of fisheries. this huge area east of the mississippi will be open to commercial fishing for the first time in almost three months. work for the fishermen, but less work here. in venice, louisiana, bp now
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operates a small city. 2,100 workers get fed, housed and well paid to work on oil spill response. what happens if they start racheting down here? all these people -- there are thousands of people now working on this project. >> it's going to be bad. people are going to be out of money, out of jobs. >> reporter: at the peak of spill response operations three weeks ago, 46,000 people from florida to texas were working at bp's expense. with no oil near florida or alabama now, more than 16,000 jobs have disappeared. there were almost 7,000 boats involved. today, 4,300. many of them on rated by fishermen being paid $1,500 a day. bp is being careful to say they are not rushing to leave town. >> as long as we still have oil coming to shore, on the surface or sub-surface, as far as tar balls rolling in, nothing changes for us. >> reporter: the federal government's man in charge of oil spill response, admiral thad
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allen, told me this afternoon that while bp is paying the bill, they have no say on how and when workers are laid off. that's a federal, state and local decision. he said there will be people here until the beaches are certified clean. and diane, plans to kill the well are ahead of schedule, thad allen says. the static kill could happen this weekend. >> so, this weekend could be it. thank you, jeffrey. that is the news from the gulf tonight. and next, the u.s. army pushed to the brink. that's the conclusion of the army's own report, released today. it is a portrait of drug use, suicide and crime among soldiers, all soaring. the report actually says, quote, we are often more dangerous to ourselves than the enemy. martha raddatz has the human cost of what the army found. >> reporter: the toll of the wars has never been made more clear. with an army sometimes unprepared for the devastating impact on the health of the troops. just look at these figures.
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one-third of soldiers are now taking prescription drugs, antidepressants, anxiety medications and pain pills. amphetamine use has doubled since 2006. sexual offenses have tripled since 2003. domestic abuse is up 177% in the past six years. and the most stunning, more soldiers died in 2009 from non-combat injuries than at war, with the vast majority of those from suicide, murder or high risk behavior, like drunk driving. that is another startling revelation in the report. more than ever, the army is now attracting soldiers who are predisposed at risk-taking. the soldiers know full well they will face combat and they like the thrill it offers, as seen in this documentary. >> you can't get a better high. it's like crack, you know? once you've been shot at, you really can't come down. you can't top that. >> how are you going to go back
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to the civilian world then? >> i have no idea. >> reporter: and that has been where the majority of the problems arise -- back home. nearly 80% of army suicides take place in the u.s. 36-year-old chris galloway shot himself six weeks after returning from afghanistan last year. >> something happened over there that totally changed him. >> reporter: the report blames the army for failing to detect signs of troubling behavior while it focuses on fighting two wars. >> it's time for the army to take a hard look at itself, to sit down and say, "okay, what are those things that came lower on our priority list that we need to reinstitute, reinforce and start doing to get at this problem?" >> reporter: there are 250 recommendations in the report, but the army has already implemented 240 of them, and has made some progress. diane? >> an army pushed so hard. thank you, martha raddatz. and it brings us to a troubling revelation about the
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nation's most hallowed military cemetery, arlington. a senate hearing revealed graves misidentified, caskets mixed up. at an estimated 6,600 grave sites. senator claire mccaskill blasted the army officials responsible for running the cemetery. >> we've got waste. we've got abuse. and we've got fraud. we've got the trifecta. and we have it concerning a national treasure. >> she is calling for a section-by-section investigation of arlington. that's 300,000 grave sites in all. and a new chapter tonight in the story of shirley sherrod. she is the department of agriculture worker forced out last week after a misleading tape on a website led to that false charge of racism. she says she intends to sue andrew breitbart, the conservative force behind the site. >> he had to know that he was
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targeting me. and at this point, you know, he hasn't apologized. i don't want it at this point. and -- he will definitely hear from me. >> she was asked again if she'll accept the job offer to return to the department of agriculture, but she says she's not decided what to do next. and still ahead on "world news," a teeth-rattling, joint-aching tropical disease coming ashore in the u.s. bear strike. detectives using dna to track a bear who attacked a camper and killed another. and three for a dollar. those carnival games that can be so hard to beat. a sharp shooter tries. ♪ [ man ] if it was simply about money, every bank loan would be a guarantee of success.
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pain it can cause. n 's spread by mosquitoes and the nearly two dozen cases in key west, florida, are the first cases there in more than 70 years. cases there in more than 70 years. surprise if we surprise if we see more cases and more severe see more cases and more severe cases? >> i have every reason to believe we're going to continue to see dengue on the gulf coast now, just as we've seen it over the last three decades in the caribbean and central america. the last three decades in the caribbean and central america. >> reporter: the virus now in florida is believed to have come north from the caribbean. why now? florida is believed to have come north from the caribbean. it's unclear. but leading theories include but lea increased travel. are bitten ande come to the u.s. are bitten and the mosquito takes off with the virus to bite others. and then there is climate change. osquitos bite more and the virus replicates faster when it when it and the southern coast of the per provides a perfect setting. >> we have the poverty on the >> we have t gulf coast, particularly in gulf coa ost-katrina louisiana where gulf coa ost-katrina louisiana where people live in poor quality dwellings, absence of window ngs, absence of and we have, therefore, all of the conditions necessary to
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promote epidemics of this disease. cases in >> reporter: there have been cases in texas, too. the ultimate fear is if someone nho has been infected with the florida strain then gets nho has been infected with the florida strain then gets nfected with the texas strain. cted with the ty. yet.his hasn't happened yet. is it's being closely monitored. there are things you can do. use repellent. us use repellent. us especially during the day when dengue-carrying mosquitos bite. and you won't find them at the beach. dengue-carrying mosquitos bite. and you won't find them at the plans.t change your plans. >> want to point out to everybod n irybody, you had dengue fever? >> reporter: i did. years ago when i was doing public health work in bangladesh. very painful. pain behind the eyes, pain in inful.nes. maket can be very difficult to nosis.he diagnosis. aren'tors aren't ordering the hey're gois, they're going to it.s this infection. >> but again, they don't bite at night, and they don't bite on the beach? right.orter: that's right. out aroundo hang out around where people live, where water accuulates. so, the beach is safe and it's so, the bea really during the day you have haverry. >> all right, dr. richard richard and there's more on this online and or anyone that wants to check. to and coming up next here, grizzlies at a campground. how detectives used hair and dna
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>> 911, where is your emergency? >> hi, i'm in cooke city right emergency? have someone that has r, n attacked and bitten pretty badly by a bear. >> reporter: minutes earlier, she tore into ronald singer's tent and sank her teeth into his teeth into >> it was on my leg and i punched it a couple of times and then it was gone. >> repor >> reporter: deb freele was >> repor >> reporter: deb freele was xt.t. >> i remember opening my eyes and thinking, something's not right, and then crunch. and thinking, something's not >> reporter: forensic crews took >> r crews and hair samples from the bear and the the victims. lab results are due back tomorrow. if there's a match, wildlife officials say they have no grizzly,ut to kill the grizzly, and likely her three 1-year-old cubs, who watched and learned from their mother. ryan owens, abc news, cooke city, montana. and now, a reunion of a soldier and his protector. rlier this s year, some stray dogs joined up with american soldiers at a remote base in
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all day, all night. nothing works better. and finally tonight, we've all tried to impress our kids or carnivas at the state fair, ofying those carnival games of skill to get the giant stuffed animal. illusiveive take-home prize. e these games games harder than rhey look? our affiliate wxyz sent a sharp shooter to test his luck at the air. here's david wright. >> here we go. here goes the winner. >> her winner.rter: who said there's a ucker born every minute? p.t. barnum, of course. at gunng a tradition -- >> you might as well be shooting that gun upside down. >> reporter: of games that can be tough even for a straight
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shooter like andy griffith to yeat. >> guys like you give carnivals give name. name.now that? >> reporter: and it's not just smallfle range. those basketball hoops are small enough to foil even a high school star. of course, for a lot of these attractions, skill has nothing to do with it. but on the midway -- >> all right, high five. >> reporter: there are plenty of games where skill comes into play. games > oh! >> reporter: this week, a a porter from abc's detroit ate had a brightbright idea. get a s.w.a.t. team sharp shooter. get a that's him, with his face obscured. ured, and let y his luck using a a hen camera. again, again and again. ag argetsb is to hit tiny targets hundreds of yards away, but he can't beat this one, just a few feet from his nose. at a state fair, we tried ourselves. all right, here goes nothing. the object? shoot out the red star.
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a sharp shooter i'm not. >> r did not win. close.n, that's pretty close. >> just that little corner right there. to say rter: that's not to say you can't win, but it may take a lot of tries. >> how much does this one cost you? >> how much >> i think i put out 40 bucks. reporter: 40 bubucks? >> yeah. ut i got a big hug and a smile, wouldwas worth it. >> reporter: p.t. barnum was p.t.rly onto something. but if it wasn't so much fun -- >> a lot of winners, yeah. been having a good time. but fit wasn come orter: we wouldn't keep more.g back for more. abcd wright, abc news, on the dway.y. >> i thought so. hope you have a great day tomorrow, and that you join us again tomorrow again tomorrow night, right back here for "world news." we'll see you then. layoffs looming at the san jose fire department. tonight the neighborhood station that's may close over a contract dispute. >> and immigration protesters jammed attorney general's office over a homeland security program. it funnels fingerprints po
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washington. >> the closure of seven oakland preschools and how parents are rallying to keep this one open. and complaints of injuries that could last a lifetime. but western dental says the stories don't match the facts. the abc 7 news i team gates. -- investigates. >> good evening, everyone. the bay area largest city has a shrinking firefighting force tonight. >> for the first time in san jose history, dozens of firefighters are losing their jobs because the city cannot afford to pay them all. one fire house is closing down. that is where we're live with the latest. >> right, that would be one behind me, 739 san jose firefighters suffering an area of more than a million people. now, with budget cuts, 79 positions are going to be eliminated including 51 layoffs.

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